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Freedom Quotes by Winston Churchill
- The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
- All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
- Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.
- Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them…
- It is the English-speaking nations who, almost alone, keep alight the torch of Freedom.
- I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in the social life of great peoples dwelling in a state…
- The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene…
- The people of Asia were slaves, because they had not learned how to pronounce the word 'no'.
- If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion…
- Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the…
- We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of…
- The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom freedom and parliamentary…
- And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even…
- We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift…
- And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first…
- Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect…
- If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure…
- Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them…
- Freedom is not a matter of choice, it is a destined path, an undying yearning for the peace of one's soul until attainment.
- All Great Things Are Simple, and many came be expressed in single words:Freedom, Justice, Honor, Duty, Mercy, Hope.
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- Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
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- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That… — Rowan Atkinson
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
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